Rolling Toomer’s after ULM

After months of deliberation over whether they could be rolled this season—and three weeks (and one OT) of wondering if they ever would be rolled this season—it happened. Toilet paper returned to the Toomer’s Oaks, what’s left of them. And it was weird.

Bare limbs. No cheers. Cops fished rolls of toilet paper that fell inside the barricades around the trees out with their Asp batons and handed them back to the kids. This video wasn’t taken hours after the game, it was 10 minutes. War Eagle.

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I know I’ll get flamed for saying this but the trees should be cut down after the season, so the healing/replanting process can begin. It’s so pitiful to see what that bammer did to them in the name of football tradition. I truly believe that most bammer fans secretly support Updyke and a few openly support his actions.

It picked up a bit by the time I got up there, around 20 minutes after the game. But was still nowhere near the usual fun. And I think that’s partially because of the game, the opponent, the season to date, etc. Now if we pull the shocker this weekend… those trees will be swamped like old times.

I was there with the family and my 5 year old got to roll Toomer’s for the first time. It was extremely sad looking at the trees, we actually rolled the trees south of the corner. To make it worse, my wife was standing next to a Bama fan, who was mouthing off.